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Harddisk diagnostic tools manufacturer..

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First post, by Robin4

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Hello,

I want to test all of my harddisks i have bought with the diagnostic tools..
I know i get very easy on the newer tools from maxtor, WD, Fujitsu, IBM, ect..

But the older drives sometimes gives problems on be detect as real WD drive.
Now iam been busy on a older windows 95 system that i bought last weekend. That system still runs on windows 95.. So i dont have to build a new test system to test all of the harddisks i have here..

Now i have connected on older western digital caviar WDAC2420H IDE harddisk (420MB) with 06.16k25 firmware.. Iam using an older version of DLGDIAG version 4.15.. But the software says:

The selected drive is not a Western Digital Drive, or an unsupported Western digital drive, and this menu option is not available.. I have already made a Dos 6.22 boot floppy disk, with the needed diagnostic software.
So i really want to know, when these older AT drives where produced and where available for the customer market, was there any WD harddisk diagnostic software available for these drives??
Or do i now maybe have a problem because of having an OEM drive here, so it doesnt have the actually western digital firmware in that drive, but from an OEM supplier..? That version 4.15 from DLGdiag should be for harddisk drives lower then 4GB.. Thats was written on the website from WD...

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Reply 2 of 10, by Robin4

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Ok, but arent there any dos only tools? Because maybe i want it later to use this diagnostic tools on an other dos system, and then going nowhere..

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Reply 3 of 10, by Jorpho

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Well, Ultimate Boot CD sure doesn't run Windows. I think some of the utilities can easily be copied off and run elsewhere if you need to.

Reply 4 of 10, by Robin4

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After a long horrible search i found some tools. Because i want to make it to difficult for other users i will upload the recommend factory tools here.

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Reply 6 of 10, by Robin4

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I think you mean hard disk sentinel? Stenines doesnt work on google search.

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Reply 8 of 10, by vlask

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Victoria has dos and windows too version - its universal tool - works at all drives...

http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.03-Victoria/

I like more mhdd which is pure dos software, but its not sometimes so effective at remaping bad sectors (seagate drives) and dont work at some modes (dont like ahci, at new via sata controlers detects drives only in raid mode on)

http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

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Reply 9 of 10, by Stojke

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I use MHDD for all my SCSI drives and ATA drives. So far works extremely well.

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Reply 10 of 10, by Stiletto

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I usually pop in an old copy of Ultimate Boot CD, it usually has what I need. All DOS or Linux based tools. The HDD diagnostic tools have a mix - most are from the original manufacturer, some are hobbyist tools.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

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